2902 - Dedication to Mars from Leptis Magna - Lebdah

Description

Marti Augusto sacrum / auspiciis Imp(eratoris) Caesaris Aug(usti) / pontificis maxmi patris / patriae ductu Cossi Lentuli / co(n)s(ulis) XVviri sacris faciundis / proco(n)s(ulis) provincia Africa / bello Gaetulico liberata / civitas Lepcitana

Code

2902

Title

2902 - Dedication to Mars from Leptis Magna - Lebdah

Text of the inscription

Marti Augusto sacrum / auspiciis Imp(eratoris) Caesaris Aug(usti) / pontificis max<i=U>mi patris / patriae ductu Cossi Lentuli / co(n)s(ulis) XVviri sacris faciundis / proco(n)s(ulis) provincia Africa / bello Gaetulico liberata / civitas Lepcitana

Alternative text

Marti Augusto sacrum auspiciis Imperatoris Caesaris Augusti pontificis maximi patris patriae ductu Cossi Lentuli consulis XVviri sacris faciundis proconsulis provincia Africa bello Gaetulico liberata civitas Lepcitana

Textual source

EDCS

Language

Latin

Number of deities

1

Theonym 1

Onomastic attribute 1

Emperor / Caesar / King / Queen

Augustus

Institutions and individuals involved

Indeterminate plural

Institutions

Civitas Lepcitana

Other individuals

Religious notabilia

Auspicia

Chronology

6

Dating criteria

Prosopography

Place of conservation

Leptis Magna Museum

Support

Tabula

Size (cm)

57 x 86 x 30

Material

Limestone

AE

1940, 68; 1941, 105; 1948, 6; 1954, 201a; 2000, 1592; 2006, 96

Further bibliography

IRT 301 

Last update

2021-08-29

Item sets

Fig. 2902-1 Fig. 1902-2